Mustafa Sarwar is a journalist for RFE/RL's Radio Azadi in Prague.
Former militia leaders continue to jostle for control of a northern Afghan region as new president seeks to keep election promises.
As the row over who will be Afghanistan’s next president, the real power struggles are taking place behind the scenes.
Afghanistan's outgoing President Hamid Karzai is expected to leave behind a mixed legacy following 13 tumultuous years in power that saw his country reemerge from the ashes of foreign occupations and civil wars.
An Afghan official claims the Taliban is responsible for the killing of Hashmat Khalil Karzai, a cousin of outgoing Afghan president Hamid Karzai.
Afghan officials say foreign militants might be behind kidnapping a group of university students and teachers in central Afghanistan.
Ten years after Afghanistan first considered adopting a money laundering law, shadowy figures within Kabul's political elite are still maneuvering behind the scenes to block it.
As NATO winds down its military mission in Afghanistan, many of its Afghan interpreters want to leave the country. But they have had little success receiving immigration visas to settle in any of the 28 NATO member states
An official in a remote district in northeastern Afghanistan has confirmed that the region has fallen under Taliban control.
The scantly reported fighting between Afghan and Pakistani militants in a remote district of eastern Afghanistan has forced thousands to flee their homes.
A mudslide that killed hundreds of villagers in a remote corner of Afghanistan has triggered an unprecedented wave of charity among Afghans dependent for generations on international humanitarian aid.
Powerful armed bands are confiscating voter registration cards in some of Afghanistan’s remote provinces, interfering with elections whose transparency is viewed as critical for the country’s future security and stability.
The recent death of Afghanistan’s Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim has left a leadership vacuum only weeks before the country holds a crucial poll to elect a new president on April 5.
As Afghanistan braces for the withdrawal of international forces this year, Taliban-backed radicals from Central Asia are mobilizing to fill the vacuum and make a comeback.
With the campaign for the April 5 Afghan presidential election in full swing, coalition- building in the fragmented nation has emerged as a key strategy for winning votes.
Afghan authorities are investigating a presidential candidate over allegations that he used force and threats against journalists when an interview about his presidential ambitions turned personal.
During the past two decades, poverty prompted Mir Ali's men to look for work in Iran. But most never return. They have either been killed or imprisoned for drug smuggling by Iranian authorities. Most of the Mir Ali's current 250 residents are women and children.
An Afghan girl wants her heroin-addicted father punished for hacking off her mother's nose and lips for refusing to sell her jewelry to fund his habit. "I want my father to be punished before my mother’s eyes," 10-year-old Parisa told RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan.
